Abstract:Objective To verify the reliability and validity of the comprehensive evaluation index system for ability of general practitioners in psychosomatic medicinel service. Methods To verify the reliability, validity, and discriminant validity of the ability evaluation index system, 699 general practitioners from 23 community health service centers in Shanghai were selected by stratified cluster sampling method to participate in the survey. Twenty-five experts were invited to assess the importance of each item in the ability evaluation index system, to determine the weights using the analytic hierarchy process. Results The overall cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the ability evaluation index system was 0.976. Exploratory factor analysis extracted three common factors with a cumulative variance contribution rate of 76.929%. Model fit was performed using Amos 21.0 statistical software,showing that root mean square residual(RMR)=0.044, root mean square error of approximation(RMSEA)=0.077, incremental fit index(IFI)=0.938, comparative fit index(CFI)=0.938, and tacker-lewis index(TLI)=0.932, parsimonious goodness-of-fit index(PGFI)=0.701, parsimonious normed fit index(PNFI)=0.853, parsimonious comparative fit index(PCFI)=0.847, which met the evaluation criteria. The square root values of each factor were greater than the correlation coefficients between this factor and other factors, indicating good discriminant validity of the index system. The weights of knowledge, attitude, and skills in the primary index were 0.454, 0.225 and 0.321, respectively. Conclusion The comprehensive evaluation index system for general practitioners’ ability of psychosomatic medicine service demonstrates good reliability and validity, indicating that it can serve as a tool for the training, evaluation, and assessment of general practitioners’ ability of psychosomatic medicine service.